'TORTURE': Citizens help Warwick police chase 'violent' man

A WARWICK man has played a vital role in helping police catch a man who allegedly assaulted and tortured a 25-year-old woman, leaving her with a punctured lung and broken ribs at a Warwick residence on Thursday afternoon.

The 26-year-old Brisbane man was caught and charged with grievous bodily harm, torture, numerous domestic violence breaches and other traffic-related matters after a police chase involving eight officers and members of the public this afternoon.

Warwick Police officer-in-charge Jamie Deacon said Warwick citizens were integral to catching the man, who ran from police after he allegedly assaulted his ex-partner in a home in Rosenthal Heights.

The Gold Coast woman, 26, spent the night in Warwick Hospital with a partially collapsed lung and broken ribs after she was assaulted, allegedly by a man who had been released from prison just a few weeks ago.

Senior Sergeant Deacon praised members of the public for helping catch the "violent" man the next morning.

"He is a violent person and to locate and apprehend him so quickly is a very good result," Sen-Sgt Deacon said.

The man was caught in a police chase involving eight officers about 11am yesterday after his car was spotted outside a house in Rosenthal Heights.

When the alleged offender fled the residence, a passer-by helped police chase him on foot, but the man briefly got away.